Children cardiopulmonary arrest

Cardiopulmonary arrest in adults usually results from arrhythmias. The most common arrhythmias are ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (PVT), often in patients after myocardial infarction (MI) or pulmonary embolism (PE). In children, cardiopulmonary arrest is often the terminal event of progressive shock or respiratory failure. 

A 7-year-old asthmatic child, sensitive to timothy grass, used inhaled cromoglicate for 1 week and developed cyanosis, hypotension, and cardiopulmonary arrest. IgE involvement was demonstrated by passive transfer of the patient s serum to the mother (5). 

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